Preface
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ix |
Acknowledgments
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xiii |
I. Perspective: Globalism and Its Impacts
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1 |
A. Economic Integration: Business Flows and Expanding Legal Issues
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2 |
1. Cross-Border Business
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2 |
a. Economic Integration
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2 |
b. Foreign Direct Investment
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7 |
c. Global Production Systems, Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Employment
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15 |
2. Global Impacts
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26 |
a. Labor and Employment
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27 |
b. Labor Unions
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40 |
c. Business: Wal-Mart Illustration
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48 |
d. HRM
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51 |
3. International Labor Law Practice
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57 |
B. International and Comparative Labor and Employment Law
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71 |
1. Evolving Area of International Labor Law; Employee Rights as Human Rights; Comparative Biases
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71 |
a. Globalization of the Law of Labor and Employment
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71 |
b. Global “Common Law”?
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75 |
c. East Asian Harmonization: Regionalization or “Asianization”?
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78 |
d. Are Labor Rights Human Rights?
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90 |
e. Comparative Biases
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97 |
2. Different Legal Systems
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104 |
a. Western Law and Legal Traditions
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104 |
b. Common Characteristics of Civil and Common Law
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107 |
c. Convergence and Divergence?
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115 |
II. Global Legal Standards
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116 |
A. ILO Core Labor Standards and the Interplay of Domestic, International, and Foreign Labor Laws
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116 |
1. ILO Core Labor Standards
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118 |
2. Linking Trade and Labor Standards
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121 |
3. Coordinating Domestic, International, and Foreign Labor and Employment Laws and HRM
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130 |
B. Enforcement: Codes of Conduct, U.S. Laws, and Litigation
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140 |
1. Codes of Conduct as Self-Regulation
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140 |
2. Enforcement of Labor Standards through Litigation
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165 |
a. Codes of Conduct: Wal-Mart Case
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165 |
b. Alien Tort Claims Act
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177 |
c. Litigating ILO Standards: U.S. Illustration
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179 |
3. Enforcement of Labor Rights in FTAs, OECD Guidelines, and Trade Legislation
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193 |
III. Agenda Items: Criteria, Alternatives, and Evaluative Standards
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209 |
A. Regulatory Sources, Structures, and Administration
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209 |
1. Diverse Approaches Addressing Common Issues
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209 |
2. U.S. Illustration as Context
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213 |
3. Evaluation of U.S. Labor and Employment Laws on Core Labor Standards
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226 |
B. Workers’ Labor Rights and Benefits
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235 |
1. Definitions, Sources, and Coverage: The Dilemma of Underregulation
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235 |
a. Employees Defined
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235 |
b. Coverage
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244 |
2. Labor Rights: Sources and Illustrations
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247 |
a. Illustrative Sources
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247 |
b. Safety and Health
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250 |
c. Equality and Discrimination
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260 |
C. Labor Unions
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272 |
1. Global and International Labor Unions
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272 |
2. National Labor Unions
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279 |
3. Roles of Unions
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286 |
4. Alternatives to Unions
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287 |
D. Dispute Resolution
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291 |
1. Alternative Procedures
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291 |
2. Settlement of Disputes over Labor Rights
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294 |
3. Settlement of Disputes over Labor Interests
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305 |
IV. East Asian Labor Law Regimes
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309 |
A. Japan
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309 |
1. Regulatory Sources, Structures, and Administration
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310 |
2. Workers’ Labor Rights and Benefits
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314 |
3. Labor Unions and Industrial Relations
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325 |
4. Dispute Resolution
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334 |
a. Labor Disputes
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335 |
b. Labor Dispute Resolution Processes
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339 |
5. Critique under International Labor Standards
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356 |
B. South Korea
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361 |
1. Regulatory Sources, Structures, and Administration
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361 |
2. Workers’ Labor Rights and Benefits
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368 |
3. Labor Unions and Industrial Relations
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382 |
4. Dispute Resolution
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392 |
a. Labor Disputes
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392 |
b. Labor Dispute Resolution Processes
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396 |
5. Critique under International Labor Standards
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399 |
C. China
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410 |
1. Regulatory Sources, Structures, and Administration
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410 |
2. Workers’ Labor Rights and Benefits
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419 |
3. Labor Unions and Industrial Relations
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433 |
4. Dispute Resolution
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469 |
a. Labor Disputes
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469 |
b. Labor Dispute Resolution Processes
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471 |
5. Critique under International Labor Standards
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477 |
6. Taiwan and Hong Kong: Brief Survey and Critiques
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493 |
a. Taiwan
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494 |
b. Hong Kong
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506 |
V. Advising on Comparative and Competitive Advantages in East Asian HRM Practices
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527 |
A. Vignettes
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528 |
1. Hiring and Discrimination
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528 |
2. Labor Contracts: Individual and Collective
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530 |
3. Working Conditions and Benefits
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531 |
4. Employer Discipline, Termination, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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531 |
5. Global Human Resource Management
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535 |
B. Growing Issues and Areas for Further Inquiry
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536 |
Index
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539 |